Comparing primary student teachers' attitudes, subject knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge needs in a physics activity

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-512

  Johnston, Jane ^a   Ahtee, Maija ^b  

^a BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards science; Primary physics pedagogical content knowledge; Primary teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645935401     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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